Felix Klein Quotes

1849–1925 Germany

Christian Felix Klein (25 April 1849 – 22 June 1925) was a German mathematician and mathematics educator, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the connections between geometry and group theory.

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Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things.

Anwendung der Differential-und Integralrechnung auf Geometrie (1920)

It has been the final aim of Lie from the beginning to make progress in the theory of differential equations ...

If we really desire to advance to a full understanding of the theory of logarithms, it is best to follow in broad outline the history of its creation.

Elementarmathematik vom höheren Standpunkte aus (1908)

In ordinary geometry a surface is conceived as a locus of points; in Lie's geometry it appears as the totality of all the spheres having contact with the surface.

As regards quartic surfaces, Rohn has investigated an enormous number of special cases; but a complete enumeration he has not reached. Among the special surfaces of the fourth order the Kummer surface with 16 conical points is one of the most important. The models constructed by Plücker in connection with his theory of complexes of lines all represent special cases of the Kummer surface.

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